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Awesome Hacking Resources

A curated collection of hacking, penetration testing, and AI red-teaming resources to make you better.

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Table of Contents

📚 Learning the Skills

Name Description
CS 642: Intro to Computer Security academic content, full semester course, includes assigned readings, homework and github refs for exploit examples. NO VIDEO LECTURES.
CyberSec WTF CyberSec WTF Web Hacking Challenges from Bounty write-ups
Cybrary coursera style website, lots of user-contributed content, account required, content can be filtered by experience level
Free Cyber Security Training Academic content, 8 full courses with videos from a quirky instructor sam, links to research, defcon materials and other recommended training/learning
Hak5 podcast-style videos covering various topics, has a forum, "metasploit-minute" video series could be useful
Hopper's Roppers Security Training Four free self-paced courses on Computing Fundamentals, Security, Capture the Flags, and a Practical Skills Bootcamp that help beginners build a strong base of foundational knowledge. Designed to prepare for students for whatever they need to learn next.
Mind Maps Information Security related Mind Maps
MIT OCW 6.858 Computer Systems Security academic content, well organized, full-semester course, includes assigned readings, lectures, videos, required lab files.
OWASP top 10 web security risks free courseware, requires account
Seed Labs academic content, well organized, featuring lab videos, tasks, needed code files, and recommended readings
TryHackMe Designed prebuilt challenges which include virtual machines (VM) hosted in the cloud ready to be deployed

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🎥 YouTube Channels

Name Description
0patch by ACROS Security few videos, very short, specific to 0patch
BlackHat features talks from the BlackHat conferences around the world
Christiaan008 hosts a variety of videos on various security topics, disorganized
Companies
Detectify very short videos, aimed at showing how to use Detictify scanner
Hak5 see Hak5 above
Kaspersky Lab lots of Kaspersky promos, some hidden cybersecurity gems
Metasploit collection of medium length metasploit demos, ~25minutes each, instructional
ntop network monitoring, packet analysis, instructional
nVisium Some nVisum promos, a handful of instructional series on Rails vulns and web hacking
OpenNSM network analysis, lots of TCPDUMP videos, instructional,
OWASP see OWASP above
Rapid7 brief videos, promotional/instructional, ~ 5 minutes
Securelist brief videos, interviews discussing various cyber security topics
Segment Security promo videos, non-instructional
SocialEngineerOrg podcast-style, instructional, lengthy content ~1 hr each
Sonatype lots of random videos, a good cluster of DevOps related content, large range of lengths, disorganized
SophosLabs lots of brief, news-style content, "7 Deadly IT Sins" segment is of note
Sourcefire lots of brief videos covering topics like botnets, DDoS ~5 minutes each
Station X handful of brief videos, disorganized, unscheduled content updates
Synack random, news-style videos, disorganized, non-instructional
TippingPoint Zero Day Initiative very brief videos ~30 sec, somewhat instructional
Tripwire, Inc. some tripwire demos, and random news-style videos, non-instructional
Vincent Yiu handful of videos from a single hacker, instructional
Conferences
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MIT OCW 6.858 Computer Systems Security Information security con based in London, lengthy instructional videos
BruCON Security Conference security and hacker conference based in b\Belgium, lots of lengthy instructinoal videos
BSides Manchester security and hacker con based in Mancheseter, lots of lengthy videos
BSidesAugusta security con based in Augusta, Georgia, lots of lengthy instructional videos
CarolinaCon security con based in North Carolina, associated with various 2600 chapters, lots of lengthy instructional content
Cort Johnson a handful of lengthy con-style talks from Hack Secure Opensec 2017
DevSecCon lenghty con videos covering DevSecOps, making software more secure
Garage4Hackers - Information Security a handful of lengthy videos, About section lacks description
HACKADAY lots of random tech content, not strictly infosec, some instructional
Hack In The Box Security Conference lengthy con-style instructional talks from an international security con
Hack in Paris security con based in paris, features lots of instructional talks, slides can be difficult to see.
Hacklu lots of lengthy con-style instructional videos
Hacktivity lots of lengthy con-style instructional videos from a con in central/eastern europe
Hardwear.io handful of lengthy con-style video, emphasis on hardware hacks
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy content from the symposium; IEEE is a professional association based in the us, they also publish various journals
LASCON lengthy con-style talks from an OWASP con held in Austin, TX
leHACK leHACK is the oldest ( 2003 ), leading, security conference in Paris, FR
Marcus Niemietz lots of instructional content, associated with HACKPRA, an offensive security course from an institute in Germany
Media.ccc.de The real official channel of the chaos computer club, operated by the CCC VOC - tons of lengthy con-style vids
NorthSec lengthy con-style talks from an applied security conference in Canada
Pancake Nopcode channel of Radare2 whiz Sergi "pancake" Alvarez, Reverse Engineering Content
Psiinon medium length instructional videos, for the OWASP Zed Attack Proxy
SJSU Infosec handful of lengthy instructional videos from San Jose State university Infosec
Secappdev.org tons of lengthy instructional lectures on Secure App Development
Security Fest medium length con-style talks from a security festival in Sweden
SecurityTubeCons an assortment of con-style talks from various cons including BlackHat and Shmoocon
ToorCon handful of medium length con videos from con based in San Diego, CA
USENIX Enigma Conference medium length "round table discussion with leading experts", content starts in 2016
ZeroNights a lot of con-style talks from international conference ZeroNights
News
0x41414141 Channel with couple challenges, well explained
Adrian Crenshaw lots of lengthy con-style talks
Corey Nachreiner security newsbites, 2.7K subscribers, 2-3 videos a week, no set schedule
BalCCon - Balkan Computer Congress Long con-style talks from the Balkan Computer Congress, doesn't update regularly
danooct1 lots of brief screenshot, how-to vids regarding malware, regular content updates, 186K followerss
DedSec lots of brief screenshot how-to vids based in Kali, no recent posts.
DEFCON Conference lots of lengthy con-style vids from the iconical DEFCON
DemmSec lots of pen testing vids, somewhat irregular uploads, 44K followers
Derek Rook - CTF/Boot2root/wargames Walkthrough lots of lengthy screenshot instructional vids, with
Don Does 30 amateur pen-tester posting lots of brief screenshot vids regularly, 9K Followers
Error 404 Cyber News short screen-shot videos with loud metal, no dialog, bi-weekly
Geeks Fort - KIF lots of brief screenshot vids, no recent posts
GynvaelEN Security streams from Google Researcher. Mainly about CTFs, computer security, programing and similar things.
HackerSploit regular posts, medium length screenshot vids, with dialog
HACKING TUTORIALS handful of brief screenshot vids, no recent posts.
iExplo1t lots of screenshot vids aimed at novices, 5.7K Followers, no recent posts
JackkTutorials lots of medium length instructional vids with some AskMe vids from the youtuber
John Hammond Solves CTF problems. contains penTesting tips and tricks
LionSec lots of brief screenshot instructional vids, no dialog
LiveOverflow Lots of brief-to-medium instructional vids, covering things like buffer overflows and exploit writing, regular posts.
Metasploitation lots of screenshot vids, little to no dialogue, all about using Metasploit, no recent vids.
NetSecNow channel of pentesteruniversity.org, seems to post once a month, screenshot instructional vids
Open SecurityTraining lots of lengthy lecture-style vids, no recent posts, but quality info.
Pentester Academy TV lots of brief videos, very regular posting, up to +8 a week
Penetration Testing in Linux DELETE
rwbnetsec lots of medium length instructional videos covering tools from Kali 2.0, no recent posts.
Samy Kamkar's Applied Hacking brief to medium length instructional vids from the creator of PoisonTap for the Raspberry Pi Zero, no recent content, last updated in 2016
SecureNinjaTV brief news bites, irregular posting, 18K followers
Security Weekly regular updates, lengthy podcast-style interviews with industry pros
Seytonic variety of DIY hacking tutorials, hardware hacks, regular updates
Shozab Haxor lots of screenshot style instructional vids, regular updates, windows CLI tutorial
SSTec Tutorials lots of brief screenshot vids, regular updates
Tradecraft Security Weekly Want to learn about all of the latest security tools and techniques?
Troy Hunt lone youtuber, medium length news videos, 16K followers, regular content
Waleed Jutt lots of brief screenshot vids covering web security and game programming
webpwnized lots of brief screenshot vids, some CTF walkthroughs
Zer0Mem0ry lots of brief c++ security videos, programming intensive
LionSec lots of brief screenshot instructional vids, no dialog
Adrian Crenshaw lots of lengthy con-style talks
HackerSploit regular posts, medium length screenshot vids, with dialog
Derek Rook - CTF/Boot2root/wargames Walkthrough lots of lengthy screenshot instructional vids, with
Tradecraft Security Weekly Want to learn about all of the latest security tools and techniques?
IPPSec Hackthebox.eu retired machine vulnerable machine walkthroughs to help you learn both basic and advanced processes and techniques
The Daily Swig Latest Cybersecurity News
Awesome Worldwide ITSec Specialists curated index of non-English-speaking IT security YouTubers and creators

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🎯 Sharpening Your Skills

Name Description
The cryptopals crypto challenges A bunch of CTF challenges, all focused on cryptography.
Crackmes.one This is a simple place where you can download crackmes to improve your reverse engineering skills.
CTFLearn an account-based ctf site, where users can go in and solve a range of challenges
CTFs write-ups a collection of writeups from various CTFs, organized by
CTF365 account based ctf site, awarded by Kaspersky, MIT, T-Mobile
The enigma group web application security training, account based, video tutorials
Exploit exercises hosts 5 fulnerable virtual machines for you to attack, no account required
Google CTF Source code

Awesome-Hacking-Resources (vitalysim/Awesome-Hacking-Resources)

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What is this?A curated collection of hacking, penetration testing and AI red-teaming resources — courses, YouTube channels, CTF platforms and guides, picked to make you better at offensive security.
Is this a tool I can run, or a reading list?Neither — it's one big README: a curated link list where every entry is a resource name with a short one-line description, grouped into themed sections.
So there's nothing to install — how do I find my way around the list?Just browse: the Table of Contents links straight to sections like Privilege Escalation, Malware Analysis, OSINT or AI Red Teaming, and each section is a table you scan and click through.
Are all the links still alive, or has some of it gone stale?Expect some rot: the notes candidly flag weak entries — many YouTube channels are marked 'no recent posts', one entry is just labeled DELETE — so a few links lead to dead or dated content.
I'm new to security — is this aimed at people who already know this stuff?No, it spans the whole curve: free beginner bootcamps and full semester university courses sit next to exploit development, privilege escalation and malware analysis material.
Where should a complete beginner start in a list this big?Head to Learning the Skills: Hopper's Roppers runs four free self-paced courses (Computing Fundamentals, Security, Capture the Flags, Practical Skills Bootcamp) built to give beginners a foundation, and TryHackMe serves ready-made challenges on cloud VMs.
Do the resources it links to cost money?Mostly no — free courses, videos and challenges dominate, but several entries note an account is required, like Cybrary, CTFLearn and the OWASP top 10 courseware.
Is there hands-on practice here, or is it all reading and videos?There's a whole Sharpening Your Skills section of CTF platforms (Cryptopals, CTFLearn, Google CTF, Crackmes.one), Exploit Exercises hosts five vulnerable VMs, and there are dedicated sections of vulnerable web apps and vulnerable operating systems.
The description mentions AI red-teaming — what's that about?The Table of Contents has a dedicated AI Security / AI Red Teaming section alongside classics like OSINT and Malware Analysis, so the list covers attacking AI systems too, not just traditional infrastructure.
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